Comb-cleaner.



N. T. MCLEOD.

COMB CLEANER. APPLICATION FILD FEB. f8. 1918.

1 ,278,962. Patented Sept. 17,1918.

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NEAL T. MdLEGD. OF BOWDON. GEORGIA.

COMB-CLEANER.

Application filed February 18,1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEAL T. MoLEoD, a citizen of the United States, residing at llowdon, in the county of Carroll and State of Georgia. have invented certain new and useful improvements in Comb-Cleaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toilet articles, and more especially to comb cleaners; and the object of the same is to produce a device of this character whereby the comb, or for that matter a brush or other similar toilet tool, may be readily cleaned in a few moments.

The. preferred construction of my device is set forth in the following specification and shown in the drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of this machine as seen by the operator, and

Fig, is an end elevation.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary detail of a part of one of the pulleys.

Suitable legs 1 carry a stand or table top 2 from which rise standards 3 having bear- One end of the latter is shown in the drawings as having line brush 6 thereon and the other end a fly wheel 7. Rungs 10 connect the corner posts or legs 1 and carry bearings 11 in which is mounted a crank shaft 12 when the machine is to be run by foot power, and the crank 13 thereof is connected by a rod 14: with a treadle 15 which is suitably mounted on a cross rod 16 connecting lower rungs 17 as best seen in Fig. 2.

It is clear, however, that any means could be employed for communicating rotary mo tion to the crank shaft 12, and this shaft will have a crank only when the driving mechanism requires it.

The driving shaft 12 and the main shaft 5 are provided with two rather long pulleys, numbered respectively 22 and 25, and these pulleys are grooved at 26 in their periphieries to receive a set of very fine belts which by preference are wires 23 mounted in said grooves and running through holes or slots in the tabletop or stand 2. These wire belts should be drawn rather taut, and when Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

Serial No. 217.379.

the treadle is actuated the crank shaft rotates the lower pulley and this through the belts or wires rotates the upper pulley and the upper shaft. Now when a comb is held against this set of wires, they of Course pass between the teeth thereof and clean the lat ter thoroughly. The comb is then immedi ately moved to the brush 6 whose bristles remove from the teeth what particles remain. It might be that the element 7 on the other end of the main shaft would be .another brush finer or coarser as the case might require, or it might be a grind stone or a fly wheel. It might be possible to have one of the pulleys 22 or 25 larger than the other, although I have shown them herein as of the same size. It might also be possible to use other material than wires for the tine belts. Yet other changes and amplifications will suggest themselves to the manu :tacturer and user, and may be made without departing from the principle of this invention.

What is claimed is 1. In a comb cleaner, the combination with a pair of parallel shafts, long pulleys mounted thereon and having grooves in their peripheries, and fine wire belts traveling therethrough; and means for rotating one of said shafts.

2. In a comb cleaner, the combination with a top supported by legs, standards on said top having bearings, a main shaft mounted in said bearings, and a pulley fast on the main shaft and having a series of grooves around it; of a power shaft mounted in bearings in said legs, a second pulley on this shaft below the first and provided with a series'of grooves, a series of fine belts traveling over the grooves of both pulleys, and means for driving the power shaft.

3. In a comb cleaner, the combination with a table top supported by legs and pierced with a series of holes arranged in two parallel rows, standards carried by the top and having bearin s, a main shaft mounted in said bearings, and a pulley on this shaft having a series of grooves around it; of a power shaft mounted in bearings beneath the top and supported by the legs, a In testimony whereof I affix iny signature second pulley on this shaft havlng a like sein presence of two Witnesses. ries of grooves around it a series of fine belts T traveling over the grooves of both pulleys NEAL MCLEOD' and through the holes in the table top and Witnesses:

manually controlled means for rotating the MABEL LOVVORN, power shaft, O. BARROW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

